Practice question · Put in order
Arrange these regime types from the most closed to the most open on Dahl's two dimensions.
- Competitive oligarchy: real competition, tiny electorate
- Polyarchy: high on both dimensions
- Closed hegemony: neither contestation nor inclusiveness
- Inclusive hegemony: wide suffrage, no competition
Hints
- The two middle cases each score on one dimension only.
- Polyarchy is the only one high on both.
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- Closed hegemony: neither contestation nor inclusiveness
- Inclusive hegemony: wide suffrage, no competition
- Competitive oligarchy: real competition, tiny electorate
- Polyarchy: high on both dimensions
Why
The ordering is partly a convenience, since the two middle types are not really ranked against each other, they are open on different dimensions. That ambiguity is the honest result of using two axes rather than one, and it is why Dahl resisted a single democracy score.
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